Wounded from the 27th Division, United States Army, being carried to the rear by the aid of German prisoners taken during the drive at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps,...

Richmond fell on the 4th. General Lee surrendered on the 9th. Abraham Lincoln was shot on the 14th. Booth was the murdereer. These great events made April of 1865 the greatest of the war. At the Episcopal Church on Easter Mr. Ringgold & a lady...

Gen. Jo. E. Johnson has surrendered. The assassin of Lincoln, Booth, is reported as killed. Dick Johnson, Polk Johnson, Billy Green, William Daniel, Bob Moore and several have been parolled and have returned home. Brother not home as yet.

Soldiers are still coming home. However, the family has not heard from Brother. All commands have surrendered except Kirby Smith [he surrenders on May 26, 1865]. Nannie bemoaned the loss of the Confederacy. She declared that Davis had made some...

Soldiers are still coming home. However, the family has not heard from Brother. All commands have surrendered except Kirby Smith [he surrenders on May 26, 1865]. Nannie bemoaned the loss of the Confederacy. She declared that Davis had made some...

Soldiers are still coming home. However, the family has not heard from Brother. All commands have surrendered except Kirby Smith [he surrenders on May 26, 1865]. Nannie bemoaned the loss of the Confederacy. She declared that Davis had made some...

It is Sunday and brother Ben was captured the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. Nannie thinks that those prisoners who are able to write to their family should at least mention other captured prisoners as well. Ed Bringhurst did so. Ben Hering...

It is Sunday and brother Ben was captured the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. Nannie thinks that those prisoners who are able to write to their family should at least mention other captured prisoners as well. Ed Bringhurst did so. Ben Hering...

It is Sunday and brother Ben was captured the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. Nannie thinks that those prisoners who are able to write to their family should at least mention other captured prisoners as well. Ed Bringhurst did so. Ben Hering...

It is Sunday and brother Ben was captured the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. Nannie thinks that those prisoners who are able to write to their family should at least mention other captured prisoners as well. Ed Bringhurst did so. Ben Hering...

This photograph is taken of the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal and looking southeast. Pictured are a factory chimney, the remains of the tower of "Cloth Hall," the first aid station, and Rue de Dixmude.

Pictured are German military personnel who are prisoners of war following the American drive on the Hindenburg Line. These German POW's are walking along while carrying stretchers containing their wounded. Their guards are riding on horseback.

Special weekly report of transportation for week ending September 30, 1865, by William Alonzo Wainwright Assistant Quartermaster, Department of Tennessee, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Persons listed on form include: Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Polk...

Individual Transportation Order, September 28, 1865, for Gains Brooks; Sarah, his wife; and two daughters (refugees) with a letter detailing Brooks' imprisonment after trying to cross the Cumberland Gap to reach Federal forces, the family's move...

Double-sided, handwritten, one-page document lists those prisoners being held by Federal authorities. Those incarcerated include citizens, soldiers who have committed disciplinary infractions, and soldiers being held for possible court-martial.

Certificate of parole for Leander H. Russ, a cavalry escort of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, from Camp Chase, Ohio, issued by W. P. Richardson, Commandant of Prisons. The certificate includes a physical description of Russ and a notarized letter...

Semi-weekly report of the number of transportation orders received, issued, cancelled by error, and remaining on hand. It includes a statement of the amount of transportation furnished during the last half of the week ending August 26, 1865. ...

Oath of parole issued by the Federal Government and signed by Confederate Private J. E. Pike, from Company B, 5th Tennessee Cavalry. Pike agreed to cease hostility with the United States in exchange for permission to return home undisturbed by...

Form No. 3 offers two pages of information, both printed and handwritten, providing a record of the death and interment of a Federal soldier who died at a Federal military hospital. The document includes data from the hospital surgeon, the post...